The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-07-07
And the tide rolls on
Gen. Rosser on Southern Politics.

| The Minneapolis Journal under the
above caption, has the following notice OF
a recent interview with Gen. Rosser nov
citizen Of Virginia, and a resident of Al
| bemarle county. 1t will be seen from il
that the General has a very poor opinion OF
the Northern Democracy, and q doubling
opinion about the supremacy OF that party
in several of the Southern States. he
publication of this interview in the South.
ern papers has drawn down upon Gen. R0s-
ser the maledictions of his party friends
in Virginia and the South, and this taken
in connection with the structures of the Re-
publican papers upon a recently published
letter about Gen. Sheridan, as we'll as cri-
ticisms of Gen. Jubal Early as a soldier,
Who ought to have been hlng'' for barn
ing Chamhersburg and "tarred and feath-
cred by the people of that city. if found
within their reach, has gotten him into hot
water. Gen. Early has recently published
a communication in the Richmond iState
in which he pays his respects to the Gen
eral, and goes for him with gloves Off
Taking it all in all, the General, it seems,
has not the faculty Of pleasing either his
own party or the Republicans, and is left
a party to himself to fight his own battles.
If the surmlse of Gen. Early be correct,
that Gen. Rosser has aspirations for a seat
in Congress from the 18th District, he will
lave lively timeNof it between O'Ferrall,
representing the Simon pure, free trade
spoils-loving Democracy, Gen. Roller. as
an independent Democrat, believing in the
protective policy of the Republicans, and
the possibility of an out-and-out Republl-
can mixing up in the contest.
There is one thing for which the Gener-
al should be credited, and that is frankness.
He seems disposed to speak out his mind,
let it affect whom it may, and thew to the
line, let the chips fall where they may. ~
What the Journal reports Gen. Rosser
as saying is calculated to have ferment-
ing effect upon the Southern allies of the
Northern Democracy this hot weather and
should be read in broken doses and perus-
ed with care and deliberations Here it is
If Senator Sherman has said anything
worse about the Democracy of either the
n orth or the South than Gen. Rosser says
to The Journal to-day about the Democracy
Of the North, we haven't heard it. Gen.
RoSser says:
1.-The Democratic party of the North is not
what tie South wants. 1t is made up of the
worst elements at the North 1t has got all the
other isms, while the Republican party einbra-
ces the business men and The energy of the
North. do not wish to say that the South is
going oyer to the Republicans. for am not suf
flcieptly posted to say that, but think Virgin
ia and North Carolina will go Republican The
temperance element will play no part in a polt-
ical way in the South, andneither will the labor
question. The South wants business now, and
IL will cut loose from its Northern ally and bend
Its energies to get it,.
Gen. Rosser was Southern soldier. and
how thoroughly he is Southern still in his
feelings and his Sympathies is shown in
another part of the same interview where
he goes over the Sheridan matter again
tie also has political aspirations within
the lines of the Southern Democratic par
ty. 1t is all the more remarkable there
fore, to hear him speak so positively in de-
nunciation of the methods and compost |
ton and aims of his own political party in
the North. Gen. Rosser, however, is we'll |
known in the Northwest as q man who is |
capable of forming an independent judg- |
HtHU vi uell duu J6tl looa anu p6iIGCtly |
willing to say just what he believes to be |
the truth. He has recently come from the |
South. His very strong statement Of the
attitude of the Southern Democracy to-
ward the party in the North and its posi-
BILE alliance with the Republican party of
inc North for the sake of securing the ben
Gifts of Republican progressiveness and in
telligence may be accepted as giving an
honest and truthful a report of the real
state of feeling there as it is possible to
obtain. What the General says is SO sug-
yestive that it should be reason enough for
40 more such breaks" as Mr.. Sherman
was guilty of in his Springfield speech
This is not the time for them. If the in
diligence and loyalty of the South wish to
strike hands with the same elements in
5he North, there ought to be no obstacle
placed in the way.
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